I'll bite.
With the original story there's some feeling of comeuppance, and it's not really a huge financial burden on the company making thousands of calls a day.
In your story—illegalities aside—they're just being a complete asshole.
With the original story there's some feeling of comeuppance, and it's not really a huge financial burden on the company making thousands of calls a day.
In your story—illegalities aside—they're just being a complete asshole.
The remaining premium rate problem in the UK is mainly 070 numbers, which are "personal numbers" used for forwarding services, and while there are some legitimate users, most uses these days are scammers trying to confuse people to think they're cellphone numbers.